Astonishing Quote by Daniel Boone

“And now that we have returned to the desultory life of the plain, let us endeavor to import a little of that mountain grandeur…

— Henry David Thoreau

A week ago it was the mountains I thought the most wonderful, and today it's the plains. I guess it's the feeling of bigness…

— Georgia O'Keeffe

We took a straight course up the great snow ridge.

— Hudson Stuck

Mountains represent the power of nature; plains, the love of nature!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.

— Lucretius

We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills, and winding streams with tangled growth as wild. Earth was beautiful…

— Luther Standing Bear

“Back then I took up flying with the sense of coming to something I had been meant to do all my life. Many people…

— Peter Heller

Part of the magic of the experience lay in the sheer beauty of the setting: the breathtaking sight of the high mountains, the sweep…

— Joseph Jaworski

A visit to New Hampshire supplies the most resources to a traveler, and confers the most benefit on the mind and taste, when it…

— Thomas Starr King

Thou who wouldst see the lovely and the wild Mingled in harmony on Nature's face, Ascend our rocky mountains. Let thy foot Fail not…

— William C. Bryant

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

— Edward Abbey

“Contemplate for a moment hiking up a wild and rugged mountain. The mountain itself is a challenge, as well as the experience of beauty…

— Steve Sanchez